Park · New Jersey
Mackay Park
Mackay Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Matty Price Hill stands 279 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is World War Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.89147, -73.98261
- 1.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- World War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Quarter Bent Over: 1.1 mi
- Dwight-Englewood Bulldog: 1.1 mi
- Bergen County 911 Monument: 1.7 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Monument: 2.7 mi
Parks
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Depot Square Park: 0.6 mi
- Argonne Park: 0.6 mi
- Coolidge Park: 0.7 mi
- Madison Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
- Obra1: 0.9 mi
- Columnade: 3.4 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 3.7 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 3.7 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 4.1 mi
Museums
- African Art Museum at the SMA: 1.7 mi
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 2.9 mi
- Fort Lee Museum at the Judge Moore House: 3.1 mi
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science: 3.1 mi
- The Met Cloisters: 3.2 mi
Gardens
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 2.0 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 3.2 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 3.2 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 3.2 mi
- Trie Cloister: 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Bloomer Beach: 2.1 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.1 mi
- Canoe Beach: 2.5 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.9 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.0 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 2.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.6 mi
- The Palisades: 5.2 mi
- Palisades: 5.7 mi
- Palisades: 6.4 mi
Attractions
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 2.5 mi
- USS Ling: 3.1 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 4.0 mi
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 4.4 mi
- Joker Stairs: 4.9 mi
Peaks
- Inwood Hill: 3.2 mi
- Long Hill: 3.2 mi
- Tetards Hill: 3.4 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 3.5 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- Beechwood Park: 7.1 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 44
- Alpine picnic area: 5.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.3 mi
- The Backyard: 6.8 mi
- Area B: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- The Loch: 6.8 mi
- The Falls: 7.4 mi
- Great Falls: 10.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 11.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 10.9 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 18.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Monksville: 23.0 mi
- New City Village: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Mackay Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matty Price Hill | NW 318° | 279 m | 17.5 mi |
| High Mountain | WNW 296° | 268 m | 12.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 297° | 260 m | 13.6 mi |
| Green Hill | NW 323° | 248 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 294° | 230 m | 12.4 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 315° | 224 m | 16.0 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 304° | 219 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNE 12° | 214 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,227 obs
- Northern Cardinal912 obs
- American Robin796 obs
- Mourning Dove386 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco385 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee328 obs
- White-tailed Deer300 obs
- Eastern Cottontail286 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/39648381
Day trips start here
- Englewood · 1 mi
- Teaneck · 2 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Hackensack · 3 mi
- River Edge · 4 mi
- Haworth · 5 mi
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